Senegal Pavilion 2026: Wurus, What the Earth Offers Us.

Senegalese visual artist Caroline Gueye will proudly represent Senegal with an exhibition centered on gold, entitled "Wurus: What the Earth Offers Us."

Through an installation designed specifically for the spaces of the Palazzo Navagero,” Caroline Gueye “evokes the memory of a metal whose history has shaped destinies for millennia,” explained the Senegalese Ministry of Culture, Crafts and Tourism on March 5, 2026, when unveiling the National Pavilion project. “The exhibition unfolds through a succession of carefully orchestrated spatial situations,” it added. For the exhibition's curator, Massamba Mbaye, gold (or "wurus" in Wolof) goes far beyond the material realm. "It maintains a symbolic, economic, cultural, aesthetic, and scientific value. It also speaks to us as an extension of wealth and power, the happiness and depression of the world," the exhibition curator explains. With this project, Senegal confirms its cultural influence by installing its national pavilion in Venice for the second consecutive time, following the inaugural experience of 2024.

What to expect:
Installation, Sculpture